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upper left arm and elbow with Aten cartouches

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Description

Upper left arm and elbow, Aten cartouches. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 14.9 × W. 7 × D. 4 cm (5 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.); cartouche: W. 2 cm (13/16 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Cartouches, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A carved red quartzite fragment shaped like an upper arm/elbow, incised with two stacked cartouche-like hieroglyphic ovals containing the Aten’s royal titulary.

The object is a small, roughly trapezoid/rounded stone piece with a distinct upper portion that tapers slightly, consistent with a carved anatomical element (upper arm and elbow). On the front face, two vertically aligned cartouche-like cartouches are incised in low relief. The left and right cartouches each contain multiple hieroglyph signs arranged in vertical columns, with a central sign group that appears Aten-related, though the full reading is not fully certain from the photo. The reverse is not clearly visible. No painted pigment or modern labels are visible. The background is a plain light surface, and the stone color appears reddish-brown, consistent with the catalogue material.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (18th dynasty, reign of Akhenaten), as catalogued fragmentary
Deities Aten
Royals unknown (Aten cartouche(s) present; exact royal name(s) unclear)
Materials red quartzite
Signs cartouche-like oval(s) with vertically arranged hieroglyphs (Aten cartouches) ×2
Visible text "Two incised cartouche-like ovals with vertically arranged hieroglyphs; exact transcription unclear from the image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Two incised cartouche-like ovals with vertically arranged hieroglyphs; exact transcription unclear from the image.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten
Materials Red Quartzite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273432 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.42 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549690 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.